Funding search · EIN 046013680 · Boston, MA

The Hyams Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

301
grants reported
$17.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$45,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Resist8 grants · $1.1M
  • Third Sector New England5 grants · $985,000
  • Alternatives for Community and Environment3 grants · $845,000
  • The City School7 grants · $760,000
  • Urban Revival6 grants · $715,378
  • Center for Economic Democracy7 grants · $677,385
  • Community Labor United4 grants · $625,200
  • Massachusetts Law Reform Institute3 grants · $510,000
  • Resist2 grants · $467,632
  • Urban Revival Inc (City Lifevida Urbana)1 grant · $444,508

Giving over time

$5.6M
2022
$6.0M
2023
$6.2M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 301 grants.

  • $479,565

    Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023

    Matahari Women Workers' Center, BEJA, SIM, Reclaim Roxbury, MassCOSH, Learning Circle & New Fundraisers Cohort

  • $466,180

    Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022

    Boston Education Justice Alliance, Matahari Women Workers' Center, Reclaim Roxbury, other projects, and general support

  • $444,508

    Urban Revival Inc (City Lifevida Urbana) · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023

    Homes for All Massachusetts, anniversary, employee match, 2023 ReFrame Academy participation, and general support

  • $420,000

    Alternatives for Community and Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $375,000

    Alternatives for Community and Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2023

    NEU4J's Climate Justice Organizing Training School, participatory design, and general support

  • $370,000

    Community Labor United · Boston, MA · 2022

    Democracy HUBs Boston Redistricting Education, New England United for Justice, and general support

  • $350,000

    Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2023

    Housing Justice, Equity and Preservation, and Springfield Community Lawyering projects

  • $325,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024

    HUBS Movement Infrastructure Project

  • $325,000

    The City School · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support, Youth Justice & Power Union, Ella Baker Young Adult Fellowship, leadership transition, and project design

  • $280,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023

    MA Hubs, Center to Support Immigrant Organizing, and Revere Youth in Action projects

  • $260,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2022

    Center for Support Immigrant Organizing, Voter Table Education

  • $260,000

    Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022

    Housing Justice education, Lynn United for Change, PUEBLO, and general support

  • $233,517

    Center for Economic Democracy · Boston, MA · 2023

    Boston Ujima support, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, employee match, and general support

  • $225,000

    Center for Economic Democracy · Boston, MA · 2022

    Boston Ujima, Center for Cooperative Development and Solidarity, Solidarity Economy Initiative

  • $205,000

    Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024

    Homes for All Massachusetts Project

  • $202,500

    Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $194,435

    Commonwealth Kitchen · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    Holiday Gift Boxes

  • $190,000

    Urban Revival · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $181,000

    Asian American Resource Workshop · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    ADA, Not For Sale project, Pan Asian Narrative Strategy team project, SEARR, and general support

  • $180,000

    Black Economic Council of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2023

    Black Mass. Coalition and general support

  • $179,500

    Asian American Resource Workshop · Dorchester, MA · 2023

    Dorchester Not For Sale, refugee assistance, 2023 ReFrame Academy, and general support

  • $175,000

    Community Labor United · Boston, MA · 2023

    New England United for Justice, project design, and general support

  • $175,000

    Chinese Progressive Assoc · Boston, MA · 2022

    Anniversary Event, executive transition, data migration and integration, flood recovery, and general support

  • $165,000

    The City School · Boston, MA · 2022

    Celebrating Change Event, Youth Justice & Power Union Project, and general support

  • $159,000

    Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024

    MassCOSH - Immigrant and Youth Worker Justice

  • $151,000

    Neighbor To Neighbor Massachusetts Education Fund · Worcester, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $150,000

    Center for Labor Educ & Research · Boston, MA · 2022

    Data Integration Pilot, leadership development, narrative strategy and re-branding

  • $147,000

    Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Boston, MA · 2023

    I Have a Future project, staff alignment retreat, and general support

  • $142,000

    Center for Labor Education and Research · Boston, MA · 2024

    Digital Empowerment for Social Justice Project

  • $140,000

    Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative · Roxbury, MA · 2022

    Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network, leadership transition, and general support

  • $135,000

    Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    Carry it Forward and I Have a Future projects and general support

  • $135,000

    Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Expanding SNOL's Capacity, Right to the City Boston, Springfield No One Leaves projects

  • $130,000

    Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    SNOL, project alignment, 2023 ReFrame Academy participation

  • $130,000

    Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center · Boston, MA · 2022

    Delivering on Equity, MassBudget Communications Transition, and general support

  • $125,000

    Massachusetts Voter Education Network · Boston, MA · 2022

    Democracy Hub Initiative and general support

  • $113,000

    Chinese Progressive Association · Boston, MA · 2023

    Participatory design and general support

  • $110,000

    The City School · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    Young Adult Fellowship Project

  • $110,000

    Black Economic Council of Massachusetts · Boston, MA · 2022

    Black Mass Coalition and general support

  • $105,500

    Boston Impact Initiative Fund · Roxbury, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $103,000

    Center for Labor Education and Research · Boston, MA · 2023

    Participatory design and general support

  • $102,500

    La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $102,249

    Center for Economic Democracy · Boston, MA · 2024

    Boston Ujima Project

  • $100,000

    Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative · Roxbury, MA · 2024

    Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network Project

  • $100,000

    Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative · Roxbury, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $100,000

    Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2024

    Springfield Community Lawyering Project

  • $100,000

    Boston Impact Initiative Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2022

    City Life/Vida Urbanas Participation in BIIs Fund-Building Cohort and general support

  • $97,500

    Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $95,000

    Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust · Roxbury, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $95,000

    Chinatown Community Land Trust · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $95,000

    Vietnamese American Initiative for Devel · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    Board development, IT infrastructure, Nail Salon Project, and VACC support

  • $91,000

    Chinese Progressive Association · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $90,000

    Cair-Ma · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $90,000

    Immigrant Family Services Institute · Mattapan, MA · 2023

    Immigrants Make America Strong and general support

  • $82,000

    Brockton Interfaith Community · Brockton, MA · 2023

    General support, IT, training and development

  • $81,000

    Center for Labor Education and Research · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $81,000

    The City School · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $80,000

    Community Labor United · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $80,000

    Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $80,000

    Massachusetts Voter Education Network · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $80,000

    Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $80,000

    Greenroots · Chelsea, MA · 2022

    Forbes St/Chelsea Land Trust Initiative and general support

  • $80,000

    Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $79,900

    Massachusetts Advocates for Children · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support, executive coaching and DEI initiatives, cybersecurity enhancement and data migration

  • $78,000

    La Colaborativa · Chelsea, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $76,000

    Greenroots · Chelsea, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $76,000

    Massachusetts Senior Action Council · Quincy, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $75,000

    Boston Impact Initiative Fund · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2023

    Growing the Solidarity Finance Movement to Strengthen the Solidarity Economy in Massachusetts

  • $75,000

    Massachusetts Voter Education Network · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $75,000

    Alternatives for Community & Environment · Roxbury, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    La Colaborativa (Chelsea Collaborative) · Chelsea, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $75,000

    Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    Immigrant and Youth Worker Justice

  • $75,000

    Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp · Boston, MA · 2022

    The Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund

  • $73,000

    Greenroots · Chelsea, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $73,000

    Massachusetts Senior Action Council · Quincy, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $71,000

    Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center · Boston, MA · 2023

    Technology infrastructure and general support

  • $70,000

    Massachusetts Communities Action Network · Boston, MA · 2024

    I Have a Future Project

  • $70,000

    Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative · Roxbury, MA · 2023

    Participatory design and general support

  • $70,000

    Mass Senior Action Council · Quincy, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $68,780

    Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Sponsoring Committee · Boston, MA · 2023

    Housing Justice Project

  • $65,000

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $65,000

    Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance · Boston, MA · 2023

    Homebuyer Union Project, movement infrastructure, and executive transitions

  • $64,000

    Asian American Resource Workshop · Dorchester, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $64,000

    Brazilian Worker Center · Allston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $64,000

    Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $64,000

    Right To the City Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Right to the City Boston Project

  • $62,309

    Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support and employee match

  • $62,000

    Ayni Institute · Revere, MA · 2023

    Neighbors United for a Better East Boston

  • $62,000

    Brazilian Worker Center · Allston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $60,500

    Pioneer Valley Project · Springfield, MA · 2023

    Pioneer Valley Project and SOF grant

  • $60,000

    Center for Economic Democracy · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $60,000

    Massachusetts Law Reform Institute · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $60,000

    Resist · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024

    Matahari Women Workers Center Project

  • $60,000

    Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth · Boston, MA · 2022

    Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition and general support

  • $60,000

    Brazilian Worker Center · Allston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $60,000

    Lawyers for Civil Rights · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $60,000

    Neighbor To Neighbor Ma Ed Fund · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $60,000

    The Center for Teen Empowerment · Boston, MA · 2022

    Relocation and Build-Out of New Teen Empowerment Headquarters and general support

  • $56,000

    Justice at Work · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $55,000

    Citizens for Juvenile Justice · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

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